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Americans are in fact, "busier" or as "busy" as ever. Being simply "busy" is the Mental new "cotton candy" for the masses. What they may no longer be is as productive as once was the case in America. Refer to the following economic metrics for the "big picture":

Fewer workers ( 62% Adult Labor Participation Rate), millions more on EBT ( Food Stamps), reduced workweeks for many ( less than a "40-Hour Week" ), many fewer new housing starts compared to pre-2008 Financial and subprime- mortgage crisis, No more than a 2% GDP ( economic growth) in ANY 12 month period since 2008, Significantly more government debt at ALL levels, $1.1 Trillion in Outstanding Student Loan Debts, fewer business bank loans, less growth in hiring, stagnant and elevated unemployment rates, large pool of long term unemployed, etc.

In this second article in a two-part series, Sonny Garg, senior vice president and chief information and innovation officer at Exelon Corp., the $27.4 billion competitive energy provider based in Chicago, describes the structure and inner workings of his emerging technologies team.